"Rediscovering an Old Friendship"

It's amazing how some things work out the way they do. Today, Scott decided to take his grandmother to church. She lives close to St. Marcus Lutheran Church here in Milwaukee. I went along, out of convenience.

After the service, and an excellent sermon by Paster Mark Jeske, my old college friend Rachel R. surprised me by tapping me on the shoulder and saying hi. We had lost contact since she moved to Chicago three years ago after graduation. She was a year ahead of me. Apparently, though, she is living here in Milwaukee again since June, and St. Marcus is her home church! Alright! How wonderful it that!?

And what's even more interesting, is that apparently she now lives only a few blocks from where I do. I can walk there. Yeah, something tells me the opportunities for visiting each other again -- like the old days in college -- will easily make themselves available again. I find that to be a very enjoyable happenstance! It's little surprises like this that make life so interesting.

Maybe that old saying that good friends are rarely ever lost is true. Sometimes chance just sends them on a hiatus,... and you rediscover them years later. :)

-Jon
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